New Samsung Galaxy S8 TV ads confirms VR, Iris Scanner, and 1000 fps for slow motion features

New Samsung Galaxy S8 TV ads from Samsung Korea confirms VR video watch  capable, Iris Scanner, and 1000 fps for slow motion features as follows:

Totally for VR

Iris Scanner

1000 fps in slow motion confirmed

ARM DynamIQ is new tech for next gen chips for phones with AI.

ARM, subsidiary of SoftBank, has introduced DynamIQ, a new technology that will lay the foundations of its new generation of processor chips for mobile phone.

The company claims that the aforementioned technology, still undergoing testing, will entail "a huge change in the multi-core microarchitecture industry", and has been developed to meet the demand for ubiquitous AI, autonomous systems and accelerate the Integration of virtual worlds into a combined reality experience. "

ARM ensures that its next generation of chips will work with Cortex-A processors, powered by DynamIQ technology. According to the company, the design will be flexible and versatile, and will allow an easy configuration.

It will also enable manufacturers to establish connections within a wider range of devices, based on a common and secure platform.

In addition, ARM has been able to optimize processors so that "its AI capacity will multiply by 50 over the next 3-5 years," without going into details of what this means exactly.

ARM DynamIQ es una nueva tecnologìa orientada a la nueva generaciòn de chips de mòviles con IA.

ARM, filial de SoftBank, ha presentado DynamIQ, una nueva tecnología que ha de poner los fundamentos de su nueva generación de chips de procesador para teléfono móvil.

La empresa afirma que la citada tecnología, todavía en fase de pruebas, supondrá “un cambio enorme en la microarquitectura de núcleo múltiple de la industria”, y se ha desarrollado para atender a la demanda de “IA ubicua, los sistemas autónomos y acelerar la integración de mundos virtuales en una experiencia de realidad combinada”.

ARM asegura que su próxima generación de chips funcionará con los procesadores Cortex-A, provistos de tecnología DynamIQ. Según la empresa, el diseño será flexible y versátil, y permitirá una fácil configuración.

También posibilitará que los fabricantes establezcan conexiones dentro de una gama más amplia de dispositivos, sobre la base de una plataforma común y segura.

Además, ARM cuenta con poder optimizar los procesadores para que “su capacidad de IA se multiplique por 50 durante los próximos 3-5 años”, sin entrar en detalles de lo que esto significa exactamente.

USA: The new moto G5 Plus is available for pre-order on all major carriers.

The New moto G5 Plus is available for pre-order. It`s unlocked and works on all U.S major carriers.

From US$229.99 or as low as $13.81 monthly with Affirm.

Full specifications:

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Intel to release new storage drives with 3D Xpoint tech 1000 faster times than NAND Flash.

Intel Corp. is starting to ship the first products based on new technology.

The new storage drives, are based on technology called 3D XPoint.

“It blurs the line between system memory and storage,” said Diane Bryant, an executive vice president who oversees Intel’s Data Center Group. She said 3D XPoint, pronounced “three-dee cross point,” can help accelerate tasks such as fraud detection, retail purchase recommendations, and autonomous driving.

Intel claims the raw 3D XPoint technology is 1,000 times faster than the NAND flash commonly used in storage drives, though still about 10% the speed of temporary memory called DRAM, or dynamic random-access memory.

The storage drives Intel is initially shipping can’t take full advantage of the new technology’s speed because of the way they connect to computers.

The new storages drives Intel is making widely available on Sunday.

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Netflix recommends LG HDR enabled UHD TV models, WebOS 3.5 powered.

LG’S HDR-ENABLED UHD TV MODELS RECOMMENDED BY NETFLIX FOR SUPERIOR VIEWING EXPERIENCE

LG TVs Receive Netflix Recommended TV Designation For Third Year in a Row

For the third consecutive year, the newest TV models from LG Electronics (LG) have been designated Netflix Recommended TVs by the global internet TV company that popularized streaming. The evaluation program recognizes TVs that deliver excellent Netflix performance and superb viewing experience.

LG’s TVs passed a strict evaluation process based on factors that matter most to consumers, such as ease of access and speedy performance, thanks in great part to LG’s acclaimed webOS 3.5 smart TV platform. For the first time, LG’s 2017 UHD models include a dedicated Netflix button on the remote control, enabling users to both turn on the TV and launch Netflix with the press of a single button. LG’s newest TVs feature the latest version of Netflix that allows easy access to the service directly from the home screen.

LG’s 2017 TVs are equipped with 4K HDR technology allowing Netflix’s titles in 4K and HDR to stream superb picture quality with greater definition and more accurate colors with higher range. Titles including the entire Marvel series on Netflix, such as the recently launched Marvel’s Iron Fist and other popular series such as The OA and Chef’s Table, can now be viewed with incredible clarity. LG has ensured that its entire 2017 lineup of premium TVs support the full palette of HDR formats with Active HDR to render brighter scenes and greater shadow details when displaying HDR contents, including Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG.

“It goes without saying that we are incredibly proud that our 2017 TVs are once again being recognized as Netflix Recommended TVs,” said Brian Kwon, president of the LG Electronics Home Entertainment Company. “Because of such recognition, we will continue to find ways to give smart TV owners faster, easier access to 4K HDR content and a more enjoyable viewing experience from our TVs.”

“LG has been an industry leader in delivering excellent Netflix access and performance on their Smart TVs,” said Scott Mirer, vice president, Device Partner Ecosystem at Netflix. “The Netflix Recommended TVs in LG’s 2017 lineup continue that leadership, and provide our members with an even better Netflix experience.”

Verizon`s LTE A 64GB Samsung Galaxy S8+ retail box leaks.

Samsung is confirming with this box that its initial option is a 64GB storage capacity device, and will continue offering the 128 GB version and maybe a 256GB version, besides the microSD support.

The only information we can read from the back of the box is:

Samsung Galaxy S8+

Verizon LTE Advanced

Packaging contains:

Samsung Galaxy S8+

Pre installed SIM Card

Wall USB charger

Micros USB connector

Stereo HeadSet

USB connector

Quick Reference Guide

Product Safety and Warranty brochure

From the front of the box: 64GB S8+ Samsung Galaxy S8+

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Samsung Galaxy S8 accesories Power bank and DeX (Desktop) Station leaked

Samsung EB-PG950 Power Bank for #GalaxyS8 in grey and blue (official accessory): 5100mAh, 15W Fast Charge In/Out, USB-C. Price EU 59,90 

Samsung EB-PG950 Power Bank for #GalaxyS8 in grey (official accessory): 5100mAh, 15W Fast Charge In/Out, USB-C. 59,90 Euro. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/Do1tAr79KD

— Roland Quandt (@rquandt) March 21, 2017

Samsung EB-PG950 Power Bank for #GalaxyS8 in blue (official accessory): 5100mAh, 15W Fast Charge In/Out, USB-C. 59,90 Euro. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/jOKM5vBreX

— Roland Quandt (@rquandt) March 21, 2017

The DeX Station (Desktop Experience) will enable you to hook up your S8 to an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard to interact with desktop applications for improved productivity.

The DeX Station will have two USB-A ports, an Ethernet port, a USB-C port for power, HDMI port for external video, and the standout feature is the dock’s built-in fan that offers active.

The Ethernet port is rated for 100Mbps, while the USB-A ports use 2.0 speeds. Pruce EU 149.99

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Samsung reveals how BIXBY will interact with your phone ahead of SGS8/S8+ presentation.

One thing for sure is that Samsung will inlcude to the upcoming Galaxy S8 and S8+ its new personal assistant called BIXBY.

How BIXBY will interact with your phone is long explained by InJong Rhee, Executive Vice President, Head of R&D, Software and Services as follows:

Technology is supposed to make life easier, but as the capabilities of machines such as smartphones, PCs, home appliances and IoT devices become more diverse, the interfaces on these devices are becoming too complicated for users to take advantage of many of these functions conveniently. User interface designers have to make tradeoff decisions to cram many functions into a small screen or bury them deeper in layers of menu trees.

Ultimately users are at the mercy of the designers with an increasingly steep curve that makes learning a new device difficult. This is the fundamental limitation of the current human-to-machine interface.  Since Samsung makes millions of devices, this problem impacts the core of our business.

Samsung has a conceptually new philosophy to the problem:  instead of humans learning how the machine interacts with the world (a reflection of the abilities of designers), it is the machine that needs to learn and adapt to us.  

The interface must be natural and intuitive enough to flatten the learning curve regardless of the number of functions being added. With this new approach, Samsung has employed artificial intelligence, reinforcing deep learning concepts to the core of our user interface designs. Bixby is the ongoing result of this effort.

Bixby will be a new intelligent interface on our devices. Fundamentally different from other voice agents or assistants in the market, Bixby offers a deeper experience thanks to proficiency in these three properties:

1. Completeness

When an application becomes Bixby-enabled, Bixby will be able to support almost every  task that the application is capable of performing using the conventional interface (ie. touch commands).  Most existing agents currently support only a few selected tasks for an application and therefore confuse users about what works or what doesn’t work by voice command. The completeness property of Bixby will simplify user education on the capability of the agent, making the behaviors of the agent much more predictable.

2. Context Awareness

When using a Bixby-enabled application, users will be able to call upon Bixby at any time and it will understand the current context and state of the application and will allow users to carry out the current work-in-progress continuously.  

Bixby will allow users to weave various modes of interactions including touch or voice at any context of the application, whichever they feel is most comfortable and intuitive.  Most existing agents completely dictate the interaction modality and, when switching among the modes, may either start the entire task over again, losing all the work in progress, or simply not understand the user’s intention.

3. Cognitive Tolerance

When the number of supported voice commands gets larger, most users are cognitively challenged to remember the exact form of the voice commands. Most agents require users to state the exact commands in a set of fixed forms. Bixby will be smart enough to understand commands with incomplete information and execute the commanded task to the best of its knowledge, and then will prompt users to provide more information and take the execution of the task in piecemeal. This makes the interface much more natural and easier to use.

We know that adopting new ways to interact with your devices will require a change in user behavior. The inconvenience of learning a new interface can cause friction and force users to revert back to old habits (e.g. the touch interface). 

At the same time we believe the key to success for a new voice interface is to design a scheme that reduces friction and makes the experience significantly more rewarding than the existing interface. So at its core, Bixby will help remove friction. It will simplify user education with new voice interfaces and will make using your phone even more seamless and intuitive.

Another example of removing friction will be the dedicated Bixby button that will be located on the side of our next device. Confusion around activating a voice interface is a barrier we have removed to make it feel easier and more comfortable to give commands. 

For example, instead of taking multiple steps to make a call – turning on and unlocking the phone, looking for the phone application, clicking on the contact bar to search for the person that you’re trying to call and pressing the phone icon to start dialing – you will be able to do all these steps with one push of the Bixby button and a simple command.

There has been a lot of excitement and speculation about what we will deliver with the launch of the Galaxy S8 later this month, especially due to the advancements in artificial intelligence. We do have a bold vision of revolutionizing the human-to-machine interface, but that vision won’t be realized overnight. Ambition takes time.

Bixby will be our first step on a journey to completely open up new ways of interacting with your phone. At the launch of the Galaxy S8, a subset of preinstalled applications will be Bixby-enabled. This set will continue to expand over time. Our plan is to eventually release a tool (in SDK) to enable third-party developers to make their applications and services Bixby-enabled easily.

Starting with our smartphones, Bixby will be gradually applied to all our appliances.  In the future you would be able to control your air conditioner or TV through Bixby. Since Bixby will be implemented in the cloud, as long as a device has an internet connection and simple circuitry to receive voice inputs, it will be able to connect with Bixby. As the Bixby ecosystem grows, we believe Bixby will evolve from a smartphone interface to an interface for your life.

Bixby is at the heart of our software and services evolution as a company.  We are fundamentally and conceptually changing our attitude toward software and services and working hard on innovation throughout all aspects of our mobile ecosystem. 

Our investment in engineering resources speaks for itself – we have thousands of software developers supporting this effort. This is something that I’m very excited about. Innovating in software and services enables opportunities for creativity and the ability to build new experiences from the ground up.  With the continued investment from Samsung on artificial intelligence, the possibility of what Bixby can become is endless.

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Windows 10 Update KB 4013429 Change Log

March 14, 2017—KB4013429 (OS Build 14393.953).

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Samsung Galaxy S8 beats them all on AnTuTu benchmark at 205284. Video.

Galaxy S8 AnTuTu benchmark test from Jacky on Vimeo.

The video above apparently shows the Samsung Galaxy S8 performance registering a spectacular score of 205,284 on the AnTuTu benchmark site. That would make the Galaxy S8 the new top scoring phone, taking over from the Apple iPhone 7's 181,807. The top Android model has been the OnePlus 3T, powered by the Snapdragon 821 SoC. That phone tallied 162,423.

We don`t know if  the chip working in the device on this test is the Snapdragon 835 or the Exynos 8895 chipset. The model number of the Galaxy S8 is the SM-G950 on the test.

Samsung will unveil the mobiles Galaxy S8/S8+ in March 29.

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